Fence-tie.



' no. 667,530, Patented Fab. 5, |90l.

J. E. JOHNSON. FE NCE' TIE.

(Application filed Sept. 1, 1900.)

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FENCE TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 667,530, dated February5, 1901.

Application filed September 1, 1900. Serial No. 28,803. (No model.)

To all whom, it incty concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES E. JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Perry, in the county of Wyoming and State of New York, havein vented new and useful Im provements in Fence-Ties, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in fence-ties; andits primary object is to provide a device adapted to securely bind theuprights of a fence to the wires thereof without denting or otherwiseinarring or disfiguring the wire.

A further object is to provide a durable tie of simple construction,which may be readily applied and which when once placed in positioncannot slip.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the novelconstruction and combination of parts, all of which will be fullydescribed hereinafter, defined in the appended claims, and illustratedin the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a perspective view ofa tie in use. Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a plan viewof the body of the tie, and Fig. 4 is a view of a blank before beingbent into the body.

Referring to the said figures by numerals of reference, 1 is an uprightof a fence, which may be formed of stiff wire or pipe. Fitted This bodyis struck up from a single blank, as shown in Fig. 4, and has parallelarms 3 extending from one end thereof, while the opposite end isrecessed at 4. Said body is then bent transversely at a point midwaybetween the arms and recess, and the arms 3 are turned inward or hooked,as shown at 5. The wire of the fence is placed within the tie, so as tolie therein at the side farthest removed from the arms 3. The arms ofthe tie are then placed at opposite sides of the upright 1, causing thesame to cont-act with the wire, as shown in Fig. 2. A small metal wedge6 is then forced into the hooks 5, and the edge -thereof will bind uponthe upright and force the same firmly against the wire of the fence. Theparts will thus be held firmly in position. Should an extremely smallwire be used, two wedges can be employed; but the one wedge will adaptitself to several sizes of wire. By this construction it will be seenthat the device does not kink the wire or otherwise mar it. The same canbe used at any desired distance apart and can be employed upon uprightsof any form. As the wire does not contact with the wedge, said wedgecannot be loosened by pressure upon the wire. The device is simple anddurable and securely binds the parts when once in position.

In the foregoing description I have shown what appears to be the verybest form of invention; but I do not limit myself thereto, as I am awarethat modifications may be made therein without departing from the spiritor sacrificing the advantages thereof, and I therefore reserve the rightto make such changes and alterations as may fairly fall within the scopeof myinvention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A fence-tie comprising a body struck up from a single strip of metal,a recurved end thereto having a recess in its edge, parallel arms to thebody at the opposite end thereof and bent upon themselves, and a wedge.

2. A fence-tie comprising a body formed in a single strip of metal, aninwardly-bent end thereto having a recess in its edge, parallel arms atthe opposite end of the body bent upon themselves, said arms lying outof vertical alinement with, the recess, and a wedge.

3. The combination with an upright; of a tie formed in a single strip ofmetal, an end thereto bent inward and having a recess in its edgeadapted to receive theupright, parallel arms extending from theremaining end of the tie and adapted to lie at opposite sides of theupright, inwardly-turned ends to the arms, a wire within the tie andbetween the upright and the inwardly-curved end of the tie, and a wedgewithin the curved arms adapted to bindthe upright against the wire.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES E. JOHNSON:

Witnesses:

FRANK H. WYOKOFF, MORRIS A. LOVEJOY.

